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David Kessler

President, SeismicCity Inc.

David serves as the President of SeismicCity since its incorporation in early 2000. He started his industrial career as a research Geophysicist developing algorithms for velocity estimation, model building and prestack depth migration and held a Senior Research Scientist position for Landmark/ITA (1991-1994) and a Senior Research Geophysicist position for Cogniseis Development (1994-1996). In 1996, David moved his focus from research and development to production processing and became the Manager of Depth Imaging Services for CGG Americas (1996-2000).

In early 2000, together with several other colleagues, David founded SeismicCity with the objective of creating a technology leader in the development and implementation of depth imaging technology. As part of his technology transfer role David is teaching courses in Geophysics.

David has participated in several hundred seismic processing projects, an experience he brings to his teaching.

Education

Ph.D. Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, 1986-1990
M.Sc. Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, 1984-1986
B.Sc. Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, 1981-1984